Effect of Tele-Yoga Therapy on Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain During Covid-19 Lockdown

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
• Interventions: Other: Primary care; Other: Tele-yoga therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04466605
• Lead Sponsor: Aarogyam UK

Brief Summary

Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown measures raised significant concerns over clinical management of chronic pain patients around the world. Patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSP) are at high risk of physical disability, psychological distress, and poor quality of life. Analgesic medications were main management during lockdown, but opioid-related concerns have prompted to find immediate alternatives.

Present study was undertaken to determine whether patients randomized to tele-yoga therapy would experience less pain, disability and improved global health, adherence and satisfaction, compared with patients assigned to usual care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-30
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-30
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study Completion: 2020-07-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-09
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients having pain that was musculoskeletal, defined as regional (joints, limbs, back, neck) or more generalized (fibromyalgia or chronic widespread pain);
• Persistent pain ( ≥3 months) despite trying conventional treatment.
• Access to virtual platform with internet.
• Ready to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Schizophrenia,
• Psychiatric disorder
• Cognitive impairment
• Suicidal ideation
• Current illicit drug use
• Terminal illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual Care	Primary care	Patients randomized to usual care continued to receive care for their chronic musculoskeletal pain from their primary care physician. There was no attempt by to influence clinical management unless an emergency arose
Tele-Yoga Therapy	Tele-yoga therapy	All patients randomized to the intervention group had one to one yoga sessions with yoga therapist twice a week for 45 minutes on secure virtual platform. Patients were encouraged with home practice to follow everyday at least for 30-mins.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Interference of pain	From baseline to 6-week post intervention	Interference of pain in 7 areas (mood, physical activity, work, social activity, relations with others, sleep, enjoyment of life) were reported using BPI
Severity of pain	From baseline to 6-week post intervention	Pain was assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), which rates the severity of pain on 4 items (current, worst, least, and average pain in past week)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Global rating of change in pain	From baseline to 6-week post interventiona	7-point global rating of pain change was used to assess change in pain
Intervention specific satisfaction	From baseline to 6-week post interventiona	10 point scale was used to assess intervention-specific satisfaction

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NMP Medical Research Institute; 🇮🇳 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India